Berlin Project Draws Tech Start-Ups

An unused brewery on the death strip that once bordered the Berlin Wall is being converted to a hub for start-up companies in a development that highlights Berlin's efforts to stoke its burgeoning technology industry.

Due to open in July, the project—named the Factory—will offer office space and also use a €60 million to €100 million ($80 million to $134 million) fund to invest in start-ups. According to the developers, Google Inc....